Martin Schwidefsky wrote:

Only difference of this patch-set compare to the one posted on linux-mm
is that this patch-set is against 2.6.18-rc5-mm1. To go back to Andrews
question: is this useful for anybody else in addition to s390

Yes, it is useful for VMware as well.  I am looking through the patches 
now, and it looks as if they are useful without any changes needed.

Zach